Testicular Metastasis from Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: Review of Literature and Report of Two Cases
Tumor metastases to the testes, excluding lymphomas and leukemias, are extremely uncommon. In the literature there have been reports of 236 different cancer metastases to the testis. The most common origin is the prostate in 76 (32%) cases. We report two additional cases of testicular metastases fro...
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Published in | The Prostate journal Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 42 - 44 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Boston, MA, USA
Blackwell Science Inc
01.01.2000
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Tumor metastases to the testes, excluding lymphomas and leukemias, are extremely uncommon. In the literature there have been reports of 236 different cancer metastases to the testis. The most common origin is the prostate in 76 (32%) cases. We report two additional cases of testicular metastases from adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Immunohistochemical analysis of prostate specific antigen indicated that the metastatic cancer was of prostatic origin. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:TPR15009 istex:19AC3D76B30CA98518DEE70044E715E43FD4E6D4 ark:/67375/WNG-CK8M2N6V-3 |
ISSN: | 1095-5100 1525-1411 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1525-1411.2000.15009.x |